Marienbrücke (Neuschwanstein)
The Marienbrücke (also Pöllatbrücke ) in the municipality of Schwangau near Füssen is a bridge over the Pöllat Gorge immediately behind and directly visible from Neuschwanstein Castle . The bridge was named after Queen Marie .
In 1845, King Maximilian II of Bavaria had a wooden bridle built over the Pöllat, which had to be replaced a few years later. In 1866, King Ludwig II had this footbridge replaced by the Gustavsburg workshops of the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Nürnberg , Cramer-Klett & Co (today MAN AG), with a filigree iron construction based on a design by the Royal Building Councilor Heinrich Gottfried Gerber . During the construction of the Marienbrücke, a construction method that was completely new at the time was successfully tested for the first time: at a height of ninety meters above the Pöllatfall, the girders were erected by building the individual girder compartments from the anchors attached to the rock on both sides, without any additional supporting armor. In 1984 the bridge was restored and the girders had to be replaced. The original handrails have been preserved to this day. The Marienbrücke was closed at the beginning of August 2015 due to renovation work on the rock anchors of the bridge.
During the renovation, damage to the rock anchors was repaired and the coating of the metal construction and the wooden covering were renewed. The renovation costs amounted to around 650,000 euros. On August 4, 2016, the bridge was officially reopened by the district administrator of the Ostallgäu district, Maria Rita Zinnecker, and the Bavarian finance minister Markus Söder .
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- ↑ http://www.all-in.de/nachrichten/rundschau/Marienbruecke-bei-Schloss-Neuschwanstein-ist-wieder-geoeffnet;art2757,2332360
- ↑ Bavarian Palace Administration. Accessed on August 5, 2016
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 17.8 " N , 10 ° 44 ′ 57.9" E